Posts tagged Wrongful Death

• Passenger Killed When Car Slams Into Light Pole

  Jamie G. Goldstein | May 19, 2007 10:00 AM | 0 CommentsChicago, IL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  One man was killed on Thursday on Chicago's Southwest Side after the car he was traveling in struck a light pole. The car was said to be traveling at an excessive rate of speed when it crashed. The passenger in the car, Lorenzo Balcazar-Lopez was pronounced dead at the scene. The driver was in critical condition.When a passenger is killed in an automobile accident, the victim's family may be...

• Malpractice Award Cut Almost 75%

  Jamie G. Goldstein | May 18, 2007 9:11 AM | 0 CommentsChicago, IL Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  Caleb Spence died one year after he was born due to complications that occurred during his birth. Caleb's doctor, Dr. Emerson R. Julian Jr. was found liable for causing Caleb brain damage at birth, which later led to complications and his death. A jury found for Caleb Spence's family and awarded them $8.1 million. However, the award was quickly cut to $2.1 million because of medical...

• Wrongful Death Suit Filed After Woman Murdered

  Jamie G. Goldstein | April 20, 2007 5:30 PM | 0 CommentsChicago, IL Category: Wrongful Death
  

  Angela Alvarado was shot and killed by her husband James Alvarado on October 10, 2006. The murder of the 36 year old woman happened inside her Streator, Illinois home. Angela Alvarado leaves behind three children. Her husband, who called the police after shooting Angela, was charged with first-degree murder. Angela Alvarado's family filed a wrongful death lawsuit last week against James...

• Car Crash Takes Crystal Lake Woman's Life

  Jamie G. Goldstein | April 20, 2007 7:45 AM | 0 CommentsChicago, IL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Jodi Retzlaff was killed when a Toyota Highlander drifted into oncoming traffic and hit her vehicle. The Highlander caused Retzlaff to slam into a truck and then be broadsided by an SUV. After the accident she was airlifted to the hospital but died later from her injuries.Retzlaff was only 23 when she died on Wednesday at Lutheran General Hospital in Park Ridge, Illinois. The accident...

• Another Death Linked To Fraternity Drinking

  Jamie G. Goldstein | April 18, 2007 2:15 PM | 0 CommentsChicago, IL Category: Wrongful Death
  

  A 19 year old student at Fresno State in California died in January of 2006 after consuming four times the legal limit of alcohol. Danny Daniels' death is not the first death linked to a fraternity and caused by excessive drinking. There have been numerous other lawsuits filed for the wrongful deaths of other students that were partaking in fraternity activities and resulted in death, all...

• 17 Year Old Cited In Chicago Traffic Aides Death

  Jamie G. Goldstein | April 18, 2007 10:04 AM | 0 CommentsChicago, IL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Angela Jaynes died Monday after being struck by a van while she was working as a Chicago traffic aide. It has now been reported that the driver of the vehicle was a 17 year old with no license and no insurance. He was speeding and ran the red light at the intersection where Jaynes was working. This is the second traffic control aide to be hit and killed on the job in Chicago in only six...

• Chicago Traffic Aide Dies After A Van Strikes Her

  Jamie G. Goldstein | April 17, 2007 4:23 PM | 0 CommentsChicago, IL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Angela Jaynes, a Chicago traffic control aide, was killed on Monday after being hit by a van that was speeding through the intersection where she was directing traffic. Jaynes had only five minutes left before her shift was over when she was slammed in the back by the van when it flipped in the air at the intersection of Ashland and Archer on Chicago's Southwest side.Jaynes was only 39 years...

• Girl Dies After Car Collides With Dump Truck

  Jamie G. Goldstein | April 09, 2007 11:28 AM | 0 CommentsChicago, IL Category: Wrongful Death
  

  A five year old girl died in a car accident on Friday when she was riding in the car with her brother and mother at U.S. Highway 41 and Indiana 114. The girl's mother was driving the car when it collided with a Mack dump truck. The girl was airlifted to the University of Chicago Hospital to try and save her life. The girl's brother and mother were treated and released from the Jasper County...

• Guidant Defibrillator Blamed for Death

  Jamie G. Goldstein | April 06, 2007 11:28 AM | 0 CommentsChicago, IL Category: Wrongful Death
  

  Another lawsuit was filed recently against Guidant Corporation, the maker of an implantable defibrillator that has been the subject of a recall. A Bismark, North Dakota woman filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Guidant alleging that her husband died because of a defect in his defibrillator. The man had the defibrillator for approximately two months when he died of a lethal...

• Southwest Settles with Family in Wrongful Death of Son

  Jamie G. Goldstein | April 04, 2007 12:26 PM | 0 CommentsChicago, IL Category: Wrongful Death
  

  Southwest Airlines settled a wrongful death lawsuit that was filed after Joshua Woods was killed on December 8, 2005. Joshua was riding with his family in the car when a Southwest plane skidded across the runaway at Midway airport and through a fence into traffic. The plane crashed into the Woods' car and killed Joshua.The family has only settled with Southwest and not with Boeing, the...